Name and Title of the Programme   :   Webinar on “Citations and Reference Management using Mendeley”​

Date   :    14th August, 2020

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5. Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 14th August, 2020 in the benign presence of Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, Dr. Ajay Thakare, Chairman, Technical Program and Publicity Committee, IETE  and Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President Elect, CSI. The webinar began with the welcome address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay welcoming all the guests and participants, followed by the welcome address of Prof. A. K. Saini outlining the multidimensional perspective of Citations and References. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to keep learning continuously regardless of all disruptions.

Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi, was the lead speaker. She introduced that the citing sources is fundamental to academic writing and using reference management software is particularly helpful for writing projects or for researchers who assemble large number of references. She discussed and showcased with live examples that Mendeley citation management is an effective tool to manage the references, organize the research, quickly create citations and bibliographies, etc. The various important concepts like various citation management tools, EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero, their similarities and differences were discussed during the webinar. She also discussed and explained to the participants how to set-up individual Mendeley account, importing documents into that library, inserting bibliographies and collaborations, etc.

The session concluded with Question & Answer round where participants willingly asked their queries, followed by a concluding remarks by Prof. Ajay P. Thakare, Chairman, TPPC, IETE, New Delhi. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Ritika Wason for her valuable and detailed session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all the webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the world.